Frank March wrote:
I am distributing this in the first instance to members of ISOCNZ Council and to the NZNOG group. Apologies to those who get it twice. I also apologise to those who cannot read the Word format document. Anyone stuck, please email me and I will make some other arrangement; fax if necessary.
Frank, I raised this issue at the AGM last month and I refered to the Society's Articles of Associaton. Section 8 at http://www.isocnz.org.nz/articles.htm says: 8 COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS Every communication with a Member may be by electronic message in clear ASCII text, directed to the email address of the Member as recorded in the records of the Society, or where the Member has no such address by such other means as may be defined by the Bye-laws of the Society. Such messages will be acceptable for the conduct of the business of the Society unless the Chairperson shall advise that any specific business or meeting shall be conducted at a meeting at which Members are required to be physically present. Given the attention being given to the activities of Microsoft in the US Courts, it seems to me that even indirect support should not be given to the activities of an organisation which attempts to subvert the open nature of the Internet that many of us have striven for over the years. I may be cutting my nose off to spite my face here but until ISOCNZ changes its rules, then I will raise this issue every time I see this happen on an ISOCNZ list. NZNOG of course has no such rules but I'd hope that they'd take a similar stance on open communication. andy --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog